Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-27
POISON IN SOAPS.
Authorizations in All Sorts of Articles Uset
in the Household.


in the Household.
The case of the Camden wash T.
woman who is suffering from blood.
poisoning throug using bad soap has
developed symptoms of erysipelas, and
uncer ainty exists as to the outcome.
Recent y she purchased a quantity Of
cheap soap from retail dealer in
Camden, and used it while suffering
from a cut on the left hand. Soon aft
erward her body was covered with
sores, and she is now confined to her
home. President Amerling, of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Food Adult
teration, Investigated the matter, and
found that the soap was purchased
from Philadelphia wholesale house
He brought the woman's case to the
attention of the proprietors. They
expressed ignorance of the impure ma.
turc of the article, destroyed the
stock they had on hand and notified
the manufacturers of the stuff, who
are established in Brooklyn, N. Y. Not
only this; but they visited the sick
woman and made arrangement to have
her cared for.
The Society for the Prevention OF
Food Adulteration is pushing its inves-
LEGATIONS into the most common meth
DDS of adulteration. The results thus
far obtained would seem to indicate
that with but very few exceptions
every manufactured article that enters
into domestic food consumption is
more or less adulterated. During one
week President Amerling had secured
the aflidayits of twenty-six bakers.
confectioners and noodle-makers who,
under oatH, say that they have been
using chrome yellow continuously for
varying periods. In over two dozen
samples of ice-cream analysed, not
one was found pure, or composed OF
the ingredients the consumers supposed
they were purchasing. White glue,
gelatine and poisonous coloring matter
were freely used.
A report just prepared by foul
chemists employed by the society
deals largely with the composition of
articles entering into the consumption
of every household, such rs chocolate,
coffee. coffee essence, spices, mustard
and pickles, and shows that in many
cases the stuff is Il complete imitation,
and has nothing in it Of the essential
element for which it was purchased.
With some difficulty President Am
erling has become possessed of lierat
ure which unblushingly advertise.
|, poisonous adult Grants for the use o
bakers and confectioners. One speci
men is the printed price-list, of an i'm
porting and manufacturing drug
house, wholesale dealers in bankers
confectioners' and bottlers' supplies
on Duane street, New York. In it i
advertised, for the use of the trade
acetic, citric, salycilic, sulphuric an,
tartaric acids, almond paste (whicl
President Amerling states is almos
entirely composed of ammonia. borax
"butter" for bakers and confectioners
cream tartar, aniline, carmine an,
cochineal for coloring, chrome yellow
for lemon, orange, raspberry. sarsa
parilla, sugar, turmeric and ultra
marine blue tiuts, camphor and willo,
charcoal. The same house, advertise
similar list in Philadelphia journs
devoted to the confectionery trade
Another firm, located on Greenwic
street, New York, advertises analin
crystals, carmine, strawberry an
chrome yellow coloring matter fo
,, saltwater, jellies and canned goods
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